The battle resulted in the end of Hussein's hopes to expand into the Arabian peninsula, as well as opening the way for Ibn Saud to fortify his own control over the region, which in turn would eventually lead to the creation of Saudi Arabia.

He believed that all Arabs supported him, said that his interpretation of the Quran superseded all other clerical opinions, and had dreams of forming an enlarged caliphate.

These problems were combined with financial situations exacerbated in the period following World War I. British subsidies and payments began to be reduced, which caused Hussein to tax urban centers and meddle in the affairs of merchants.

Bedouins who had been paid by Hussein through the subsidies now turned to raiding caravans and setting up toll roads around Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, and Taif.

In 1919, Hussein's forces took over the Ottoman arsenal in Medina, which gave him a large quantity of artillery pieces, machine guns, ammunition, and rifles.

Both of his sons swore fealty to him in their respective roles: Abdullah as Emir of Transjordan, and Faisal bin Al-Hussein as King of Iraq.

He was only saved when Zeid Ibn Shakir, father of a future Jordanian general, provided him a horse and camel for escape.

The British consul general in Jeddah sent a note to Ibn Saud, demanding he withdraw his forces from Turubah and Khurmah and return to the Najd.

Instead of preparing to defend the Hejaz, he sought further expansion by demanding from T. E. Lawrence that the British grant him complete control of Iraq, Palestine, and the Transjordan.